wise
Engleski uredi
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Izgovor uredi
Etimologija 1 uredi
From Middle English wis, wys, from Old English wīs (“wise”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaz (“wise”), from Proto-Indo-European *weydstos, *weydtos, a participle form of *weyd-. Cognate with Holandski wijs, Nemački weise, Norwegian and Švedski vis. Compare wit.
Pridev uredi
wise (comparative wiser or more wise, superlative wisest or most wise)
- Showing good judgement or the benefit of experience.
- They were considered the wise old men of the administration.
- "It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish" - Aeschylus
- (colloquial, ironic) Disrespectful.
- Don't get wise with me!
- (colloquial) Aware, informed.
- Be careful, the boss is wise.
Usage notes uredi
- Objects: person, decision, advice, counsel, saying, adage, proverb etc.
- even though wise is an antonym of foolish, it does not mean smart or intelligent, both of which are antonyms of foolish.
Synonyms uredi
- See Tezaurus:wise
Antonyms uredi
Derived terms uredi
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Verb uredi
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- To become wise.
- (ergative, sleng) Usually with "up", to inform or learn.
- Mo wised him up about his situation.
- After Mo had a word with him, he wised up.
Etymology 2 uredi
From Old English wīse, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō. Cognate with Holandski wijze, Nemački Weise, Norwegian vis, Švedski visa, vis, Italijanski guisa, Španski guisa. Compare -wise.
Noun uredi
wise (plural wises)
- (archaic) Way, manner, method.
- 1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Fox
- In such wise that all the beasts, great and small, came to the court save Reynard the Fox.
- 1850, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, The Burden of Nineveh, lines 2-5
- ... the prize
- Dead Greece vouchsafes to living eyes, —
- Her Art for ever in fresh wise
- From hour to hour rejoicing me.
- 1866, Algernon Swinburne, A Ballad of Life, lines 28-30
- A riven hood was pulled across his eyes;
- The token of him being upon this wise
- Made for a sign of Lust.
- 1926, J. S. Fletcher, Sea Fog, page 308
- And within a few minutes the rest of us were on our way too, judiciously instructed by Parkapple and the Brighton official, and disposed of in two taxi-cabs, the drivers of which were ordered to convey us to Rottingdean in such wise that each set his load of humanity at different parts of the village and at the same time that the bus was due to arrive at the hotel.
- 1481, William Caxton, The History Reynard the Fox
Derived terms uredi
Etymology 3 uredi
From Middle English wisen (“to advise, direct”), from Old English wisian (“to show the way, guide, direct”), from Proto-Germanic *wīsaną, *wīsijaną (“to show the way, dispense knowledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“to know”). Cognate with Holandski wijzen (“to indicate, point out”), Nemački weisen (“to show, indicate”), Danski and Norwegian Bokmål vise (“to show”), Norwegian Nynorsk visa (“to show”).
Verb uredi
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- (dialectal) to instruct
- (dialectal) to advise; induce
- (dialectal) to show the way, guide
- (dialectal) to direct the course of, pilot
- (dialectal) to cause to turn
Middle Dutch uredi
Contraction uredi
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